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Putrescence definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUTRES'CENCE, n. [from L. putrescens, putresco.]
The state of dissolving, as an animal or vegetable substance; a putrid state.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption]
2: the quality of rotting and becoming putrid [syn: putrescence, rottenness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1646 the state of being putrescent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Putrescence Pu*tres"cence, n. The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Rottenness, putridity.